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The FBI's Upgrade That Wasn't
$170 Million Bought an Unusable Computer System"In essence, the FBI has left the task of defining and identifying its essential operational processes and its IT concept of operations to outsiders," the NRC researchers concluded. "The FBI lacks experienced IT program managers and contract managers, which has made it unable to deal aggressively or effectively with its contractors." Daniel Guttman, a fellow at Johns Hopkins University who specializes in government contracting law, said: "This case just shows the government doesn't have a clue. Yet the legal fiction is that the government knows what it's doing and is capable of taking charge. The contractors are taking advantage of that legal fiction." Having wasted $170M on this, the FBI has a new $425M project to try again. "It's gonna be great this time. Really!" And the guy who didn't think to ask about the bug count until a few weeks before delivery is now the FBI's Chief Technology Officer. Sounds a bit like NASA. Posted by: KBK 2006-08-21 |
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